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Frutal is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...
. The population, estimated in 2022 by the
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, is of 58.588 inhabitants. The city has an area of 2,426.965km2. Frutal is located in the region known as the "
Triângulo Mineiro The Triângulo Mineiro (, '' Mineiro Triangle'') is the region that comprises the west part of the state of Minas Gerais, in Brazil. It occupies an area of 93,500 km2 (slightly larger than Portugal or Hungary) and is bordered to the east b ...
".


Geography

The city is located at an elevation of 485 meters just north of the Grande River, a tributary of the
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. It is 8 km east of federal highway
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(Transbrasiliana). Neighboring municipalities are: *Northwest: Itapagipe *North: Comendador Gomes *Northeast:
Campo Florido Campo Florido is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population was estimated to be 8,269 people living in a total area of 1,261 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion of Triângulo Mineiro and ...
*West: Itapagipe *East:
Orindiúva Orindiúva is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 7,194 (2020 est.) in an area of 248.1 km². Orindiúva belongs to the Mesoregion of São José do Rio Preto. Media In telecommunications, the city was served by ...
, São Paulo *Southwest:
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and
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, São Paulo *South: Guaraci, São Paulo and Fronteira *Southeast:
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and
Barretos Barretos is a municipality in the northern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has approximately 122,833 inhabitants (IBGE/2020) and an area of 1566.1 km2. Barretos belongs to the Mesoregion of Ribeirão Preto. History The c ...
, São Paulo Distances *
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: 600 km. *
Uberaba Uberaba () is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Highlands at an elevation of 823 metres (2,700 ft) above sea level on the Uberaba River, and is situated 418 kilometres (260 mi) from the state c ...
: 145 km. *
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: 186 km. *
Planura Planura is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 12,292 in a total area of 318 km2. It became a municipality in 1962. Geography Planura belongs to the statistical micro-region of ...
: 32 km.


Microregion of Frutal

Frutal is the seat of a statistical microregion with 12 municipalities:
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,
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, Comendador Gomes, Fronteira, Frutal, Itapagipe,
Iturama Iturama is a Brazilian municipality with a total area of 401 km2 in the center-west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was estimated at 39,690. It became a municipality on 27 December 1948. Geography Iturama bel ...
,
Limeira do Oeste Limeira do Oeste is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. the population was 7,589 in a total area of 1,318 km2. It became a municipality in 1993. Geography Limeira do Oeste belongs to the statistical micro-reg ...
,
Pirajuba Pirajuba is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020, the population is 6,348 in a total area of 332 km2. It became a municipality in 1953. Etymology "Pirajuba" comes from the tupi language and means ...
,
Planura Planura is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 12,292 in a total area of 318 km2. It became a municipality in 1962. Geography Planura belongs to the statistical micro-region of ...
,
São Francisco de Sales São Francisco de Sales is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 6,274 in a total area of 1,129 km2. It became a municipality in 1962. Geography São Francisco de Sales belongs to ...
, and
União de Minas União de Minas is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Geography União de Minas belongs to the statistical micro-region of Frutal. It is located at an elevation of 521 meters between the São Domingos River and th ...
. In 2010 the population of this region was 179,512 inhabitants. The area is 16,840 km2, with a population density of 10.66 inhabitants/km2.


Climate


Economic activities

The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, light industry, food processing, and agriculture. The GDP in 2008 was R$ 692,216,000. Frutal is in the top tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development. As of 2007 there were 06 banking agencies in the town. There was a dynamic retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands. In the rural area there were 1,574 establishments occupying about 3,800 workers. 530 of the farms had tractors, a ratio of one in three. There were 10,726 automobiles in all of the municipality, about one for every 9 inhabitants. Frutal is an important agricultural producer and a large producer of meat and dairy products. There were 157,000 heads of cattle in 2006, of which 53,000 head were dairy cows. The crops with a planted area of more than 100 hectares were: *sugarcane: 10,128 ha. *rubber: 628 ha. *oranges: 6,500 ha. *pineapple: 1,600 ha. *corn: 5,000 ha. *soybeans: 27,000 ha. *sorghum: 5,000 ha.


Health and education

In the health sector there were 04 hospitals with 133 beds and 10 public health clinics. In the educational sector there were 13 municipal, 06 state, and 06 private primary schools. There were 4 state and 3 private middle schools. In higher education there were three institutes: ITECON - Instituto Superior de Educação Continuada; UEMG - Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais; FAF - Faculdade Frutal. *Municipal
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: 0.803 (2000) *State ranking: 32 out of 853 municipalities as of 2000 *National ranking: 495 out of 5,138 municipalities as of 2000 *Literacy rate: 91% *Life expectancy: 74.7 (average of males and females) The highest ranking municipality in Minas Gerais in 2000 was
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with 0.841, while the lowest was
Setubinha Setubinha is a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 12,378 in a total area of 536 km². The elevation is 729 metres. It is part of the Immediate Geographic Region of Teófilo O ...
with 0.568. Nationally the highest was
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in São Paulo with 0.919, while the lowest was Setubinha. In more recent statistics (considering 5,507 municipalities) Manari in the state of
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has the lowest rating in the country—0,467—putting it in last place.


Origin of the name and history

According to oral tradition the name of the city is linked to the abundance of a fruit similar to the
jabuticaba A jaboticaba (), spelled jabuticaba in Portuguese, is a round, edible fruit produced by a jaboticaba tree (''Plinia cauliflora''), also known as Brazilian grapetree. The purplish-black, white-pulped fruit grows directly on the Trunk (botany), tru ...
, which was known by the first settlers as only "fruit". As a result, the place was called Patrimônio das Frutas, later as Carmo do Fructal and today only Frutal. The first registers mention the arrival of a pioneer Antônio de Paula e Silva in 1835, who settled with his family and slaves on the banks of the Rio Grande. In 1850 the settlement was declared a "arraial" or village, and in 1858 it was raised to the status of district in the municipality of
Uberaba Uberaba () is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Highlands at an elevation of 823 metres (2,700 ft) above sea level on the Uberaba River, and is situated 418 kilometres (260 mi) from the state c ...
, becoming emancipated in the same year with the name of Carmo do Fructal. In 1887 it became a city with the name Frutal.{{Cite web , url=http://www.frutal.mg.gov.br/cidade/historia.html , title=City government site , access-date=2008-06-13 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123230827/http://www.frutal.mg.gov.br/cidade/historia.html , archive-date=2007-01-23 , url-status=dead


See also

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List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais (MG), located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of Brazil. Minas Gerais is divided into 853 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, ...


References

Municipalities in Minas Gerais